Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Insults broke my heart. I despaired and looked for sympathy; but there was none, for comforters, but I found none.
New American Standard Bible
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And for
King James Version
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Holman Bible
and I am in despair.
I waited for sympathy,
but there was none;
for comforters, but found no one.
A Conservative Version
Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.
American Standard Version
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.
Amplified
Reproach and insults have broken my heart and I am so sick.
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for comforters, but I found none.
Bible in Basic English
My heart is broken by bitter words, I am full of grief; I made a search for some to have pity on me, but there was no one; I had no comforter.
Darby Translation
Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Julia Smith Translation
Reproach broke my heart, and I shall be ill at ease: and I shall hope for comforting, and none; and for those consoling, and I found not
King James 2000
Reproach has broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Reproach has broken my heart and I am sick. And I hoped for sympathy, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.
Modern King James verseion
Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness; and I looked for some to mourn with me, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thy rebuke breaketh my heart, and maketh me heavy. I look for some to have pity upon me, but there is no man; and for some to comfort me, but I find none.
NET Bible
Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.
New Heart English Bible
Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.
The Emphasized Bible
Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am weak, - Though I waited for one to pity me, yet there was none, And for comforters, yet I found not any.
Webster
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
World English Bible
Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.
Youngs Literal Translation
Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.
Themes
Consolation under Affliction » Is sought in vain from the world
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 69:20
Prayers for Psalm 69:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Rescue
19 Truly you know my reproach, shame, and disgrace. All my enemies are known to you. 20 Insults broke my heart. I despaired and looked for sympathy; but there was none, for comforters, but I found none. 21 They put poison in my food, in my thirst they forced me to drink vinegar.
Names
Cross References
Job 16:2
"I've heard many things like this. What miserable comforters you all are!
Isaiah 63:5
I looked, but there was no helper, I was appalled that there was no one to give support; so my own arm brought me victory, and as for my wrath, it supported me.
Psalm 142:4
I look to my right and observe no one is concerned about me. There is nowhere I can go for refuge, and no one cares for me.
Mark 14:50
Then all the disciples deserted Jesus and ran away.
Job 19:21-22
"Be gracious to me, be gracious to me, my friends, because God's hand has struck me.
Psalm 42:6
My God, my soul feels depressed within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of Jordan, from the heights of Hermon, even from the foothills.
Psalm 42:10
Like the shattering of my bones are the taunts of my oppressors, saying to me all day long, "Where is your God?"
Psalm 123:4
Our lives overflow with scorn from those who live at ease, with contempt from those who are proud. A Davidic Song of Ascents
Matthew 26:37-38
Taking Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him, he began to be grieved and troubled.
Matthew 26:56
But all of this has happened so that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples deserted Jesus and ran away.
Mark 14:37
When he went back, he found his disciples asleep. "Simon, are you asleep?" he asked Peter. "You couldn't stay awake for one hour, could you?
John 12:27
"Now my soul is in turmoil, and what should I say "Father, save me from this hour'? No! It was for this very reason that I came to this hour.
John 16:32
Listen, the time is coming, indeed it has already come, when you will be scattered, each of you to his own home, and you will leave me all by myself. Yet I'm not alone, because the Father is with me.
2 Timothy 4:16-17
At my first trial no one came to my defense. Everyone abandoned me. May it not be held against them!
Hebrews 11:36
Still others endured taunts and floggings, and even chains and imprisonment.